Updated November 3, 2016 at 8:18 PM;Posted November 3, 2016 at 4:32 PM

Kellyanne Conway

Donald Trump's campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, is pointing to the Chicago Cubs' victory over the Cleveland Indians in the World Series as proof that her candidate could win the White House.
(Evan Vucci, Associated Press)

Donald Trump's campaign manager is pointing to the Chicago Cubs' World Series victory as proof that her candidate can win the general election. Sen. Ted Cruz campaigns for Trump, but doesn't say the GOP nominee's name. Hillary Clinton leads in a national poll. Read more in today's Politics Extra.

Conway looks to Cubs: Donald Trump's campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, is pointing to the Chicago Cubs' victory over the Cleveland Indians in the World Series as proof that her candidate's own unlikely bid for the White House could work out, reports Politico. Conway tweeted a link Thursday to a story from the data analysis publication FiveThirtyEight that declared, "The Cubs Have A Smaller Chance Of Winning Than Trump Does," since polling shows Trump behind Hillary Clinton.

The story, published on Oct. 30, said, "It will be hard for the Cubs to come back from this 3-1 deficit. As the Cavaliers taught us earlier this year, a 3-1 lead isn't surmountable, but (the) Elo (rating system) rates the Cubs' ... total chance of winning the Series at a measly 15 percent," which was a smaller chance than FiveThirtyEight's election forecast model for Trump.

Clinton leads nationally: Clinton's lead over Trump has narrowed to 3 percentage points nationwide among likely voters, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll. The poll put Clinton up by 9 points two weeks ago, but now shows her with 45 percent, compared to Trump's 42 percent. Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson drew 5 percent, and Green Party candidate Jill Stein earned 4 percent.

Trump leads in two swing states: The Republican presidential nominee is ahead in Utah by 6 points, according to Thursday's Monmouth University poll. While independent conservative candidate Evan McMullin continues to gain support, his 24 percent is still in third place behind Trump's 37 percent and Clinton's 31 percent. Four percent of Utah's likely voters support Johnson and 1 percent back Stein.

According to a poll that appears to be an outlier, Trump leads Clinton in New Hampshire by one point, reports Politico. The WBUR-FM poll shows Trump ahead of Clinton, 40 percent to 39 percent. Johnson is at 10 percent, Stein is at 3 percent and a combined 7 percent of likely voters were undecided or prefer another candidate.

Cruz campaigns with Pence: Sen. Ted Cruz has moved out of the phone bank and onto the campaign trail to support Trump's presidential run, reports USA Today. Cruz appeared with his former primary rival's running mate, Gov. Mike Pence, in Iowa and Michigan Thursday. Even though he was supporting Trump, Cruz refused to say his name in Iowa, according to Politico. "Putting a Republican in the White House and keeping a Republican Senate is the whole enchilada," Cruz said in his speech dedicated to slamming the Affordable Care Act and warning the audience of Clinton's potential appointments to the Supreme Court.

Melania hits the campaign trail: One week after Trump surprised his wife by saying she would be making some "big" speeches, Melania Trump offered a glimpse Thursday into her role as first lady if her husband is elected president, reports Politico. "We must find better ways to honor and support the basic goodness of our children, especially on social media. It will be one of the main focuses of my work if I'm privileged enough to become your First Lady," she said in a Philadelphia suburb in her first solo appearance. "I will also work hard to improve everyday life for women."

Comey's latest critic: The teenage girl who accused the disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner of sending her lewd messages criticized FBI Director James Comey for bringing unwanted attention to her case in an open letter published on Buzzfeed. "I thought your job as FBI Director was to protect me," she wrote after describing how reporters have been coming to her house and canvassing her neighborhood. She signed her letter, "Girl that lost her faith in America."

Trump's campaign boasts of small-dollar donations: Trump raised $100 million in October from "small-dollar" donors, his campaign announced Wednesday, according to CNBC. The total was garnered from 1.6 million small-dollar contributions, a term traditionally used to describe amounts less than $250. Trump still faces a fundraising deficit compared with Clinton; in the first 19 days of October, Trump raised about $30 million, compared with Clinton's $53 million.

McConnell speaks up for Trump: Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell broke his self-imposed silence on Trump Wednesday at an event in his home state of Kentucky, according to the Associated Press. After being introduced as the "most powerful Republican in the world," McConnell said, "We need a new president, Donald Trump, to be the most powerful Republican in America." McConnell added, "If America votes like Kentucky, we'll be fine."

Hewitt is "inclined" to vote for Trump: In a surprise move Wednesday, conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt said he'll likely vote for Trump, reports Politico. "I wait on events. I've been surprised so much in this race. I don't have to cast my absentee for another four or five days and I wait on events," Hewitt told MSNBC about a month after urging the GOP nominee to drop out of the race. "I'm inclined to cast it for Donald Trump, but I have to wait and see what happens in this."

Clinton's commanding lead with Hispanics: Sixty-seven percent of Hispanic likely voters in Thursday's national poll conducted by The Washington Post and Univision said they support Clinton, while just 19 percent favor Trump. Johnson polled at 4 percent and Stein came in at 2 percent. Just 20 percent of respondents said they held either a very favorable or somewhat favorable view of Trump, who has struggled to connect with Latino voters since the first day of his presidential campaign.